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Ideal Child
You're not required to fulfil your parents' dreams. Do what you love because you love it, not because someone tells you to do it. #poetry#writing

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Photo by @garrettphoto for a tourism shoot...my dad’s a badass photographer 📸
The First AI and Biomimicry

Plants record a genetic memory of winter to know when to flower
The length of cold exposure is marked by chromatin remodeling

Mice can be trained to avoid the smell of cherry blossoms
Their children and grandchildren will avoid the scent instinctively

DNA holds memories
And the more science lifts the veil of our universe
The more magical it seems

As the world entropies and dissolves
I understand that it is no coincidence eon and one
Are spelled with the same letters
Over time, the memories return to the stream
The collective consciousness is the first and only
Artificial intelligence that matters
The spiritus mundi is an eternal dream
A simulation that never ends

This is the dance you dance when nobody is watching. Allowing your body to move freely without judgments or concerns for the "grace" or beauty of the dance, just getting lost in the dance into a space of no-mind."~ Ecstaticdance.org 📺✒ (c) M^h2019
📸The Artist Union

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How many words do you know to describe people? Share it in the comments.

⚔️ DOUBLE-EDGED ✨ SWORDS ⚔️ Day 4 of the #DoubleDealerChallenge
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Looking at the three Debbie Downers of Gemini’s three decans, I reflected on times when those energies have actually been (or could be) useful. Then I drew a card to see what more I could learn about them. I used the @fountaintarot again.
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For the 8, I thought about how sometimes it’s good to be stuck, particularly if you’re making a decision because the timing isn’t right to choose any of your options; they’re all bad. I drew a particularly apt card in response, the 2 of Wands, which is all about making the right decision when you have options and there could be high stakes. I saw the 2 more as confirmation than a new lesson.
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For the 9, I thought about how small amounts of stress actually help you do more and how large amounts of stress force you to prioritize, which is something a lot of busy people don’t do. We just keep adding without asking whether the new task or the old ones we carry are worth the effort. In response I drew the reversed King of Coins, which suggested to me that another way of thinking about it is that our nightmares are good contrasts to our dreams and by seeing what it is we fear we can often better articulate what we want. This can be especially true of people who don’t feel strong passions for things or have yet to find their calling or purpose.
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The last card, the 10, is often a card of necessary endings that allow for new beginnings. So I started to think about how of course that would be useful, but this deck doesn’t actually depict the sunrise like the Smith-Waite deck does. Here it is pain and a hollowing out, and I think that was harder to see. I thought about its positive aspects in terms of the forced rest it can bring if we get burned out and how it’s a survival mechanism, but that’s more about the 10 of Wands. Seeing the High Priestess helped me see that in those moments of pain and darkness we have the potential to connect with something more personal and meaningful, something more secretly us than we normally access because we truly don’t need to most of the time. And when we rise back to the world of the living, we take that back with us.

It has been an incredibly long, incredibly awesome, incredibly great week at #brmcwc . And the post-conference with @donald.maass was incredible. .
Too many incredibles? What can I say? My writer brain is tired.
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If you are a writer who wants a conference where you are welcomed, encouraged, loved on, and engaged, this is one you should consider. I’ve heard so many conferees express how much they’ve enjoyed it. How it’s heightened their career. Changed their lives. How they can’t wait to come again next year. Attending a conference is a great way to get past that writer’s block!
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And how about them hills? It’s like having a mountain climber every day! I’ve taken 44,507 steps this week. My feet are tired, but I will keep pushing on in this writing journey with the Lord.
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Next year will be my 10th with Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. Will I see you there?
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.#writersconference#writing#yalit#christianwritersconference#amwriting

I just got word that The Postcard and Other Short Stories & Poetry earned a FINALIST AWARD in this year's National Indie Excellence Book Awards for SHORT STORIES! All four of my books have earned a finalist award in this contest...I'll keep striving to be a winner in the category, but I am thrilled to be among so many other wonderful winners and finalists. Thank you, NIEA!! And much thanks to @graceharper15 for the stunning photo on the cover!!! #nationalindieexcellenceawards#indieauthor
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my boy blue has been dealing with an “old knee” so i added some #cbdoilforpets to my last @thoughtcl0ud order. i’d read rave reviews from other dog parents claiming their limping dog started being active without any issues like asthma or weakness. we’re a week in & i can say the same. i forgot 1 day & then i realized cause he started limping again. so i immediately gave him some. cbd is a natural anti-inflammatory & relieves swelling of joints & tendons (& lungs!). (i personally can attest to this but the life changing power of cbd in my life is a whole other post. ✨ 5 stars. don’t take my word for it though. take @snoopdogg ‘s. or just clink thru the link mah bio & try it yourself. 💥

love,
b

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Found these whilst having a tidy up. I forgot these even existed!

Back in 2010 I had a handful of short stories published in Preston's newspaper, the Lancashire Evening Post. One of them is missing, sadly.

Reading them again, they're pretty terrible. But at the time I thought I was hot shit! I'd had something published! It was a start. I was still at Uni at the time too.

It's got me thinking about the road so far. I have not yet 'made it' in literature. Some days I doubt I ever will. I dont have an agent, I dont have a publishing deal, I still work a grinding day job, my inbox isnt bursting with interview requests, or a plethora of reviews from places that name themselves after big cities. I dont have any of the trappings that make one 'successful'. To quote Arya Stark, I am no one.

But looking back, I feel I'm on the right path. In the last 9 years I've had a bunch of short stories published, won a national competition, had something accepted by @uclan_publishing am writing a novel that I've been wanting to do since 2010 and am doing a series of adventure stories on the side in the style of one of my favourite authors, Michael Moorcock.

I don't like to look back. Retrospection can be dangerous. Keep looking forward, always. You look back through the forest too long and you lose sight of the path in front of you. But every so often, it's nice.

Doing a bit of research for my new project today, might get some editing done later, but honestly my fasting/sleep deprived brain isn't really able to do thinking today ☻😂
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Writers, how would you describe your current WIP's MC(s) in three words?
---#amediting#sweater#journal#myview#amwriting#writer#journaling

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"Where do people go when they die?" A Sunday evening at the outskirts of Kashmir,the blueness of the rivers kisses the sky with a fierce love.
The mountains being the only witness blushes as the sunlight caress it.
"Everyone talks about love. What about the people Deb?" Noor asks.
There's a song playing in the nearby tea shop "For I was saved when.." it plays on and I couldn't hear the rest of it.
The entire scenery look as if we're both in a movie,that plays in reverse.
There wasn't much to do,so we both decided to steal a trip to Kashmir.
I don't know why but my mind suddenly wander to Mr Fernandez and his wife.
"Deb?"
"Yes?"
"Say."she says gently tapping my shoulder.
The song's about to end,we are about to leave.
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"When people die Noor,they always goes back to the ones they love. Always. No matter how hard you try, you'll always carry them."
🎵For I was saved when I saw your face....

guess who’s officially done with classes!✨ i still have my exams in june but a week off is what i need to prepare myself. i’ll also take advantage of the break to give myself some room to breathe and take things slow. and of course get back to reading!! :) blog posts will have to wait, but i already have so much planned!🖋🧡